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C&L Aerospace and Rockton, through a joint venture, have purchased 14 Saab 340Bs from Endeavor Airlines, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines.

C&L Aerospace and Rockton, through a joint venture, have purchased 14 Saab 340Bs from Endeavor Airlines, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines.

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Briefs from the March 26, 2014 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest

AAR is acquiring inventory and customer contracts from Sabena Technics Brussels in the first week of April.

Lufthansa Technik Group (LHT) reported a 2013 operating profit €404 million ($562 million), up 23.2% from €318 million the previous year.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has entrusted its entire spare-part logistics to Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services (LTLS) as part of a three-year agreement.

Gogo has received a supplemental type certificate (STC) from FAA to install Ku-band satellite equipment on Airbus A330s.

DAC International has received parts manufacturer approval (PMA) from FAA its electronic flight bag system, which includes RPU, display and tray assemblies.

Fokker Technologies had revenue of €762 million ($1.05 billion) in 2013, down 1% from the prior year.

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has acquired full control of Barfield from Sabena Technics.

Thai Airways International has signed a letter of intent with Airbus for development of Airbus Smarter Fuel Efficiency and Smarter Mobility solutions.

Source: ATW Research

Equipment and technology from all over the world, and on an unprecedented scale, are being brought to bear in the southern Indian Ocean in the effort to locate and retrieve the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200.

FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) mandating the removal of “defective software” on GE Aviation GEnx-powered Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental and 747-8 freighter aircraft.

Lufthansa Cargo is planning to set up a partnership with an airline outside of the Lufthansa Group by the middle of this year as well as with a second carrier in 2015, CEO Karl Ulrich Garnadt confirmed at the carrier’s annual results conference.

Southwest Airlines has announced it will double flights from Washington National Airport (DCA), including seven nonstop routes.

Rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has given European low-cost carrier Ryanair a BBB+ long-term credit rating and said the outlook for the airline is stable.

AirAsia India has received its first aircraft, an Airbus A320, in the southern Indian city of Chennai.

Manston Airport in Kent, in the UK Southeast, has begun a period of consultation with staff over the possible closure of the airport.

Lufthansa Technik (LHT), which has been performing some Airbus A380 wing rib feet repairs for over a year, is about halfway through the repairs.

Lithuanian leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines will launch Airbus A320 flights from Tripoli International Airport to Dusseldorf, London Gatwick and Paris Charles de Gaulle airports at the end of March.

L-3 Link Simulation & Training is expanding its Asian Aviation Training Centre (AATC) in Bangkok with an ATR 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS) and an ATR 72-600 flat panel trainer (FPT).

Vietnamese low-cost carrier VietJet has taken delivery of the third of its recent four-aircraft Airbus A320 order from leasing company AWAS.

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